Ohio Revised Code Chapter 6111 - Water Pollution Control

• Section 6111.01 - Water Pollution Control Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (A) "Pollution" means the placing of any sewage, sludge, sludge materials, industrial waste, or other wastes in any waters...
• Section 6111.02 - Isolated Wetland Permit Definitions.
  As used in this section and sections 6111.021 to 6111.028 of the Revised Code: (A) "Category 1 wetland," "category 2 wetland," or "category 3...
• Section 6111.021 - General And Individual Isolated Wetland Permits.
  (A) (1) The director of environmental protection shall issue a general state isolated wetland permit or permits to cover activities within this state for...
• Section 6111.022 - Proposed Filling Of Wetland Subject To Level One Review.
  (A) A proposed filling of a category 1 or a category 2 isolated wetland of one-half acre or less shall require a general state...
• Section 6111.023 - Proposed Filling Of Wetland Subject To Level Two Review.
  (A) A proposed filling of a category 1 isolated wetland of greater than one-half acre or the proposed filling of a category 2 isolated...
• Section 6111.024 - Proposed Filling Of Wetland Subject To Level Three Review.
  (A) A proposed filling of a category 2 isolated wetland of greater than three acres or a category 3 isolated wetland shall require an...
• Section 6111.025 - Wetland Mitigation Banks.
  (A) The department of natural resources, the division of wildlife in that department, or any other division in that department that is designated by...
• Section 6111.026 - Application For A General And Individual State Isolated Wetland Permit - Notice And Hearing.
  (A) (1) The director of environmental protection shall prescribe the form of the application for a general state isolated wetland permit and for an...
• Section 6111.027 - Mitigation For Impacts To Isolated Wetlands.
  (A) Mitigation for impacts to isolated wetlands under sections 6111.02 to 6111.027 shall be conducted in accordance with the following ratios: (1) For category...
• Section 6111.028 - Discharge Of Dredged Material Into Isolated Wetlands.
  (A) The discharge of dredged material into isolated wetlands is subject to sections 6111.021 to 6111.027 of the Revised Code. (B) As used in...
• Section 6111.029 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59, §105.01, eff. 9/29/2013. Effective Date: 07-17-2001
• Section 6111.03 - Water Pollution Control Powers Of Director Of Environmental Protection.
  The director of environmental protection may do any of the following: (A) Develop plans and programs for the prevention, control, and abatement of new...
• Section 6111.031 - Modification Of Terms And Conditions Of Permit.
  (A) The director of environmental protection, where consistent with the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act," may modify the terms and conditions of a permit...
• Section 6111.032 - Primary Authority To Reside In Legislative Authority Or Governing Board.
  (A) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation or the governing board of a county or special district owning or operating a publicly owned...
• Section 6111.033 - Construction Grant Fund.
  There is hereby created in the state treasury the construction grant fund, consisting of moneys arising from grants to the state from the United...
• Section 6111.034 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 129th General AssemblyFile No.129, SB 314, §2, eff. 9/28/2012. Effective Date: 07-01-1985
• Section 6111.035 - Coal Mining And Reclamation Operations General Permits.
  (A) The director of environmental protection, consistent with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the regulations adopted thereunder, without application therefor, may issue,...
• Section 6111.036 - Water Pollution Control Loan Fund.
  (A) There is hereby created the water pollution control loan fund to provide financial, technical, and administrative assistance for the following purposes: (1) Construction...
• Section 6111.037 - Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Fund.
  (A) For purposes of state nonpoint source pollution management and pursuant to section 319 of the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act," the director of...
• Section 6111.038 - Surface Water Protection Fund.
  There is hereby created in the state treasury the surface water protection fund, consisting of moneys distributed to it. The director of environmental protection...
• Section 6111.039 - Class B Sludge Rules Requiring The Posting Of Notice Regarding The Land Application.
  The director of environmental protection shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code requiring the posting of notice regarding the...
• Section 6111.0381 - Water Quality Protection Fund.
  There is hereby created in the state treasury the water quality protection fund. The fund shall consist of federal grants, including grants made pursuant...
• Section 6111.0382 - Surface Water Improvement Fund.
  (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the surface water improvement fund. The fund shall include, but is not limited to, money...
• Section 6111.04 - Water Pollution And Sludge Management Violations Prohibited.
  (A) Both of the following apply except as otherwise provided in division (A) or (F) of this section: (1) No person shall cause pollution...
• Section 6111.041 - Standards Of Water Quality.
  In furtherance of sections 6111.01 to 6111.08 of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection shall adopt standards of water quality to be...
• Section 6111.042 - Rules Requiring Compliance With Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
  In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection shall adopt and enforce, and may modify and rescind, rules...
• Section 6111.043 - Regulation Of The Injection Of Sewage, Industrial Waste, Hazardous Waste, And Other Wastes Into Wells.
  (A) As used in this section and sections 6111.044 to 6111.047 of the Revised Code, "area of review" means the area of review of...
• Section 6111.044 - Injection Well Drilling Or Operating Permit.
  Upon receipt of an application for an injection well drilling permit, an injection well operating permit, a renewal of an injection well operating permit,...
• Section 6111.045 - Waste Minimization And Treatment Plan For Class I Injection Well Facility.
  (A) Not later than twenty-four months after May 28, 1992, each owner or operator of a class I injection well facility shall prepare and...
• Section 6111.046 - Annual Permit Fee - Underground Injection Control Fund.
  (A) Each person who is issued an injection well operating permit or a renewal of an injection well operating permit for a class I...
• Section 6111.047 - Tonnage Fees For Injection Of Waste.
  (A) For the purpose of defraying the costs to the environmental protection agency of implementing, administering, and enforcing sections 6111.043 to 6111.047 of the...
• Section 6111.048 - Temporary Assistance Of State Employees.
  In the discharge of his duties under sections 6111.043 to 6111.045 of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection may call to his...
• Section 6111.049 - Tonnage Fees For Injection Of Waste - Exceptions.
  Section 6111.047 and rules adopted under division (B)(5) of section 6111.043 of the Revised Code do not apply to any nonhazardous class I injection...
• Section 6111.05 - Investigation Of Alleged Act Of Pollution Or Failure To Comply.
  The director of environmental protection, on the director's own initiative, may investigate or make inquiries into any alleged act of pollution or failure to...
• Section 6111.051 - Use, Management, Or Disposal Of Structural Products.
  (A) As used in this section, "structural products" means products that are created from clay, shale, or a combination of clay and shale, are...
• Section 6111.06 - Administrative Procedures - Emergencies.
  (A) All proceedings of the director of environmental protection or of the director's officers or agents under sections 6111.01 to 6111.08 of the Revised...
• Section 6111.07 - Prohibited Acts - Prosecutions And Injunction By Attorney General.
  (A) No person shall violate or fail to perform any duty imposed by sections 6111.01 to 6111.08 of the Revised Code or violate any...
• Section 6111.08 - Rights In Equity Or Under Common Law Not Affected.
  Chapter 6111: of the Revised Code does not abridge rights of action or remedies in equity or under the common law, nor does such...
• Section 6111.09 - Civil Penalties For Water Pollution Control Violations.
  (A) Any person who violates section 6111.07 of the Revised Code shall pay a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars per...
• Section 6111.10 - Sale Of Household Laundry Detergent Containing Phosphorus Above Certain Limits Prohibited In Certain Counties.
  After January 1, 1990, no person shall sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale in the counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull, Lake, Geauga, Portage,...
• Section 6111.11 - Sale Of Dishwasher Detergent With Phosphorous Content Above Certain Limits Prohibited.
  On and after July 1, 2010, no person shall sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale a cleanser, rinsing aid, sanitizing agent, or...
• Section 6111.12 - Antidegradation Policy Applicable To Surface Waters Of The State Pursuant To Applicable Federal Laws And Regulations.
  (A) The director of environmental protection shall establish an antidegradation policy applicable to surface waters of the state pursuant to applicable federal laws and...
• Section 6111.13 - Discharge Limit For A Pollutant Less Than The Practical Quantification Level.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Method detection limit" has the same meaning as in 40 C.F.R. part 136, appendix B, and shall...
• Section 6111.14 - Agreement For Review Of Plans For Extension Of Sewerage System Or Increase In Number Of Service Connections.
  The director of environmental protection may enter into an agreement with a political subdivision or investor-owned public utility that owns or operates a disposal...
• Section 6111.15 To 6111.17 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 6109.13 To 6109.15.
  Effective Date: 12-14-1978
• Section 6111.18, 6111.19 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 12-14-1978
• Section 6111.20 - Orders To Secure A Quality Effluent From Water Purification Or Sewage Treatment Works.
  When the director of environmental protection finds upon investigation, that any water purification or sewage treatment works, on account of incompetent supervision or inefficient...
• Section 6111.21, 6111.22 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-23-1972
• Section 6111.23 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 6109.19.
  Effective Date: 12-14-1978
• Section 6111.24 To 6111.27 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-23-1972
• Section 6111.28, 6111.29 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 6109.17, 6109.18.
  Effective Date: 12-14-1978
• Section 6111.30 - Application For Federal Water Quality Certification - Hearing.
  (A) Applications for a section 401 water quality certification required under division (P) of section 6111.03 of the Revised Code shall be submitted on...
• Section 6111.31 - Adoption And Review Of Standards For Evaluating Mitigation Proposals.
  All substantive wetland, stream, or lake mitigation standards, criteria, scientific methods, processes, or other procedures or policies that are used in a uniform manner...
• Section 6111.32 - Dredging Plan.
  (A) In order to ensure the regular and orderly maintenance of federal navigation channels and ports in this state, the director of environmental protection...
• Section 6111.33 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-23-1972
• Section 6111.34 To 6111.39 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 06-26-2003
• Section 6111.40 - Application For Moneys For The Design, Acquisition, Construction, Alteration, And Improvement Of Treatment Works.
  A municipal corporation, a board of county commissioners, or a district created under Chapter 6101., 6115., or 6119. of the Revised Code, may apply...
• Section 6111.41 - Comprehensive Water Resource Management Planning By Directors Of Environmental Protection And Natural Resources.
  The director of environmental protection shall prepare and maintain a comprehensive plan or plans for the development, use, and protection of water resources, covering...
• Section 6111.42 - Water Quality Powers Of Director Of Environmental Protection.
  The environmental protection agency shall do all of the following: (A) Primarily with regard to water quality, collect, study, and interpret all available information,...
• Section 6111.43 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 1521.05.
  Effective Date: 11-01-1977
• Section 6111.44 - Plans For Installation Or Changes To Sewerage Systems To Be Submitted To Director Of Environmental Protection.
  (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, in section 6111.14 of the Revised Code, or in rules adopted under division...
• Section 6111.441 - Sewage Treatment Systems Regulated By Board Of Health Exempt From Chapter.
  In addition to the exemption established under division (B)(4) of section 6111.44 of the Revised Code, sewerage or treatment works for the on-lot disposal...
• Section 6111.45 - Plans For The Disposal Of The Waste To Be Submitted To Director Of Environmental Protection.
  No municipal corporation, county, public institution, corporation, or officer or employee thereof or other person shall establish as proprietor, agent, employee, lessee, or tenant,...
• Section 6111.451 - Sewage Construction Activities Not Requiring Plan Approval.
  Not later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section, the director of environmental protection shall adopt rules in accordance...
• Section 6111.46 - Environmental Protection Agency General Supervision Of Treatment And Disposal Of Sewage And Industrial Wastes And Operation And Means Therefor.
  (A) The environmental protection agency shall exercise general supervision of the treatment and disposal of sewage and industrial wastes and the operation and maintenance...
• Section 6111.50 - Credible Data Definitions.
  As used in sections 6111.50 to 6111.56 of the Revised Code: (A) "Credible data" means scientifically valid chemical, physical, or biological water quality monitoring...
• Section 6111.51 - Criteria For Three Levels Of Credible Data Related To Surface Water Monitoring And Assessment.
  (A) (1) The director of environmental protection shall adopt rules that establish criteria for three levels of credible data related to surface water monitoring...
• Section 6111.52 - Level Three Credible Data Activities.
  The director of environmental protection shall use only level three credible data to conduct any of the following activities: (A) Developing, reviewing, and revising...
• Section 6111.53 - Water Quality Monitoring Program To Collect Levels One, Two, And Three Credible Data For Surface Water Monitoring And Assessment.
  (A) The director of environmental protection shall establish and maintain a water quality monitoring program to collect levels one, two, and three credible data...
• Section 6111.54 - Submission Of Surface Water Quality Data.
  Each state agency in possession of surface water quality data shall submit the data to the environmental protection agency in a format designated by...
• Section 6111.55 - Computerized Database Or Databases Composed Of All Credible Data.
  Following the adoption of rules under sections 6111.51 and 6111.53 of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection shall establish and maintain a...
• Section 6111.56 - Determining Source Or Sources Of Water Impairment.
  (A) If the source or sources of a pollutant causing an impairment of a water of the state are unknown, the water of the...
• Section 6111.60 - Issuance Of Npdes Permits.
  Before issuing a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit for discharges from a publicly owned sewerage system, requiring and approving a long-term control plan...
• Section 6111.99 - Penalties.
  (A) Whoever purposely violates section 6111.04, 6111.042, 6111.05, or division (A) or (C) of section 6111.07 of the Revised Code is guilty of a...

Last modified: October 10, 2016